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Wizard's First Rule Chapters 1-8
Apr. 13th, 2009 11:58 amOkay, so since I'm working up to a picspam/review of the series Legend of the Seeker, I thought I'd give Wizard's First Rule (the first book in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series) a reread and share my thoughts on the differences between the two, both for mocking purposes and because I always find it fascinating how adaptations work. When done poorly, adaptations can show you things to avoid in your own stories ("Maybe... less sex and edginess for the sake of sex and edginess?") and when done well, they can show you what's truly important to storytelling in each medium. And while neither SOT or LOTS is great literature/cinema, it's still worth examination. There will be book spoilers and a few TV spoilers for aired episodes, but I'll try to keep it down. I'll also give you guys some character profiles later, in case you're still wondering who's who.
So our story begins with Richard Cypher, a ranger who stands to inherit a kingdom if he acknowledges his dark lineage and who is most definitely not named Aragorn, finding a strange vine in the forest. A similar vine was in his father’s ye olde inbox when Dad went the way of all fantasy protagonists’ father figures, so Richard thinks finding this strange vine will lead him to his dad’s killer. In a fit of rage at the vine not spelling out the name of the real killer, Richard tries to tear it down and it bites him. Realizing he’s in The Ruins, RC decides to go into a different movie.
He notices a woman being pursued by four men and decides to get his justice on. He heads the woman off and then he jizzed in his pants.
Her eyebrows had the graceful arch of a raptor’s wings in flight. Her green eyes came unafraid to his. The connection was so intense that it threatened to drain his sense of self. He felt that he had always known her, that she had always been a part of him, that her needs were his needs. She held him with her gaze as surely as a grip of iron would, searching his eyes as if searching his soul, seeking an answer to something. I am here to help you, he said in his mind. He meant it more than any thought he had ever had.
Man, that guy needs to get laid.
( Will Richard get laid? The answers lie behind the cut! )
So our story begins with Richard Cypher, a ranger who stands to inherit a kingdom if he acknowledges his dark lineage and who is most definitely not named Aragorn, finding a strange vine in the forest. A similar vine was in his father’s ye olde inbox when Dad went the way of all fantasy protagonists’ father figures, so Richard thinks finding this strange vine will lead him to his dad’s killer. In a fit of rage at the vine not spelling out the name of the real killer, Richard tries to tear it down and it bites him. Realizing he’s in The Ruins, RC decides to go into a different movie.
He notices a woman being pursued by four men and decides to get his justice on. He heads the woman off and then he jizzed in his pants.
Her eyebrows had the graceful arch of a raptor’s wings in flight. Her green eyes came unafraid to his. The connection was so intense that it threatened to drain his sense of self. He felt that he had always known her, that she had always been a part of him, that her needs were his needs. She held him with her gaze as surely as a grip of iron would, searching his eyes as if searching his soul, seeking an answer to something. I am here to help you, he said in his mind. He meant it more than any thought he had ever had.
Man, that guy needs to get laid.
( Will Richard get laid? The answers lie behind the cut! )
